7 Quotes by Gerald Griffin

There cannot be any better cross-section of America and I think the soldiers represent the best we have. Today's soldiers are brighter and smarter, perhaps in a different way, than past generations because they've been brought up in the computer and information age.

Just because I was almost 62, I did not feel decrepit and felt I wasn't finished being a soldier yet.

I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67.

one of the smartest coaches I've been around.

Coach (Phil) Fulmer is a great coach, ... He knows his stuff, and the people he has around him are even better.

A place in thy memory, dearest, Is all that I claim; To pause and look back when thou hearest The sound of my name

I haven't been up there and studied them for a while, but I know what kind of athletes they recruit, ... They recruit nothing but the best, so I know they will be fine.